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David Bryson

    • About Me:

      I live in Derby and I am a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science specialising in teaching Forensic Imaging. I love to read a good detective book and write.

       

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      I went to University to study Geology but ended up loving anatomy and the human body. After my degree I trained as a teacher but jobs for biology ad science were too broad for my knowledge as I didn’t study Biology at A or O level. So combining my love of anatomy and interest in photography I trained and then worked as a clinical photographer. I love writing but also developing learning materials.

      I have worked in Art &Design and now am in the College of Science and Engineering.

      I have continued my interest in photography by photographing student and staff research projects.

      I am a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society and produce the journal Heritage Photography for the Archaeology & Heritage Special Interest Group.

    • My pronouns are:

      I am happy to be called David

    • My Work:

      I lecture in Anatomy and Physiology and Forensic Imaging and support student projects that use Photography as part of their research.

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      I love to use my expertise in photography to take photographs to use in learning resources.

      I am currently working on a book on how to take photographs of bones for forensic scientists, forensic anthropologists and osteologists.

    • My Typical Day:

      I get up at about 8:30 brush teeth wash and dress.

      In then start my computer before taking my morning tablets, entering my password on my computer then having cereal for breakfast.

      Unless I am going into the University I am working from home so I deal with e-mails then work on preparing materials for lectures or practical sessions and marking student work or go to online meetings via Teams.

      I stop between 12:00 and 1:00 for a lunch break usually a sandwich I do like pistrami or ham and cheese preferably blue cheese.

      I catch-up with the BBC news before going back to work and meetings on my computer.

      I finish working online by 4:30 or 5:00 depending on meetings.

    • What I'd do with the prize money:

      I would use the money to work with the Derby Museum and Art Gallery on an exhibition of bones and osteology, I have previously given lectures on Leonardo da Vinci’s anatomical drawings to support an exhibition and led workshops examining archaeological skeletons from Little Chester in Derby.

    My CV

    • Education:

      I started out at Knowle Primary School, then when we moved Church Lench Primary School near Pershore before I went to Bowbrook Preparatory School in Peopleton.

      After taking my 11 plus examination I went to King’s School Worcester I also took an extra  evening class at Worcester Technical College in Geology whilst taking my ‘A’ levels.

    • Qualifications:

      I passed 8 GCE’s ‘O’ Levels French, Mathematics, Additional Mathematics, English Language, English Literature,  Physics, Chemistry, Geography and Geology.

      I gained 3 ‘A’Levels Mathematics with statistics D, Physics D, (Univ. London) Chemistry C

      I gained a Degree in Anatomy from the University of Aberdeen in 1976.

      I then went to the University of Aberystwyth to do my teacher training where I qualified with

      Postgraduate Certificate in Education. (Also satisfied the Examiners in Visual Education as a practical subject.) DES No. 78/51466.

      I then trained as a medical photographer at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff where I also gained additional qualifications.

      Basic Certificate in Medical Photography – Institute of Incorporated Photographers, February 1981.

      City & Guilds General Photography 744, June 1981.

    • Work History:

      I worked as a Ward Orderly at the Worcester Royal Infirmary from the age of 18 and during the holidays while at University also as a Porter in A&E.

      I worked for a year as an Operating Theatre Orderly equivalent to today’s Operating Department Practitioner again at the Worcester Royal Infirmary, Shrub Hill Branch.

      I worked as a Medical Photographer at the University of Dundee, Ninewells Hospital and

      Medical School, Medical Illustration Services Unit.

      Before running my own business specializing in clinical and personal injury photography.

      I got back into teaching first by teaching part-time at

      Berkshire College of Art and Design, Kings Road, Reading as Lecturer in Medical & Technical Photography, before gaining a post as Senior Lecturer in Biological Imaging at The University of Derby.

    • Current Job:

      I am currently Senior Lecturer in Forensic Science at the University of Derby in the Department of Biomedical and Forensic Sciences.

    • Employer:

      My employer is the University of Derby

    • My Interview

      • How would you describe yourself in 3 words?

        photographer, educator and writer

        What did you want to be after you left school?

        Geologist

        Were you ever in trouble at school?

        No

        If you weren't doing this job, what would you choose instead?

        Clinical Photographer working in operating theatres

        Who is your favourite singer or band?

        John Gorka

        What's your favourite food?

        Curries

        If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!

        To have my own home, a cat and a guitar to relearn how to play

        Tell us a joke.

        My students once told me they only laughed at my jokes to keep me happy

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